There was a quarrel in IV-1âs livestream room after Wei Xun left the tour group. There had been a post in the barrage saying that Wei Xun couldnât bear the responsibility of being the captain and was irresponsible. Some people sarcastically said that those experienced tourists did not see Wei Xun as their leader, and now look at how everything turned out. Even Wei Xun looked down on them. The two sides quarreled with each other, but the tourists in the large tour parties who were also watching the livestream didnât think so.
âItâs purely because Wei Xunâs strength is no longer the same level as theirsââStaying together with them will not benefit both parties.â
The newcomer scout of the Crimson tour party shook his head and turned off the barrage, and then his eyes fell on Wei Xun. The upper management of the Crimson tour party were all members of another tour party, the second most powerful tour party in the Asia sub-region, the Feihong tour party. These strong, mature, and large tour parties had a clear division of labor, including the analysis department, the history department, the title research and matching department, the scouting department, etc. Among the scouting department, the tour parties also had a division into vlog scouts and livestream scouts.
These tour parties would buy a large number of vlogs. The formerâs responsibility was to analyze and count the titles, characters, and potential of each tour guide and tourist from the vlogs and summarize the data. The latter type was further subdivided into newcomer scouts and ordinary scouts. Like the current newcomer scout of the Crimson tour party, he had a title related to strong memory. There were ten livestream rooms hanging on the big screen in front of him, and he could observe the newcomers in ten tours at the same time.
But now, he had switched off the other livestream rooms and concentrated on watching this tour to northern Tibet. Occasionally, his attention would fall on Xu Yang, Fei Lezhi, and others, but most of the time, it was focused on Wei Xun.
Because this newcomer, Wei Xun, was too talented and unbelievableââAs early as the post on the forum ânewcomer tourist trampling a tour guide under his feetâ had become popular, the newcomer scout of the Crimson tour party had noticed him.
But until now, his evaluation of Wei Xun kept growing higher and higher, but he still couldnât figure out what Wei Xunâs limit was.
âThe title of [A Wild Beastâs Psyche] played an extremely large role in the tour.â
He wrote this sentence, hesitated for a while, then deleted the words âextremely largeâ and changed them to ârather large.â
The title A Wild Beastâs Psyche allowed Wei Xun to adapt to the tour and the harsh environment of the highlands better. Many peopleâs attention was on the powerful snow leopard, exclaiming how lucky Wei Xun was to have the snow leopard as his companion. However, the newcomer scout of the Crimson tour party felt that whether it was completing the mission of the branch task scenic spot, during the battle between Wei Xun and IV-1, or engaging in a battle of wits with the other tour group members, each of these scenarios had Wei Xun as the main character playing the vital role.
If it were another newcomer, when they obtained the help of the snow leopard, their plans might involve relying on the snow leopard. But Wei Xun did not rely on it.
To be honest, when the scout of the Crimson tour party watched the livestream, he thought it had the vibe of âa bigwig taking his fierce pet on an outing.â Obviously, compared with a human, the presence of the snow leopard should be more eye-catching.
But in fact, anyone watching this livestream couldnât take their eyes off Wei Xun.
âWei Xun is too strong, and it is not suitable for him to continue hanging out with his lower-level companions.â
The newcomer scout paused, and then wrote, âHe is not suitable to lead newcomers.â
After writing this sentence, he hesitated again. Wei Xun was indeed very independent. He didnât hold back against those who had bad intentions, and he was resolute and fierce. However, Wei Xunâs tour group and the other newcomers were all things that were dragging him down. This was why he resolutely chose to act alone.
But it wasnât as if Wei Xun did not care about the newcomers. When Xu Yang was in danger, he was the first to think of a solution, saving Xu Yang and indirectly saving many of the experienced tourists. He had taken the initiative to deal with the incident in the tent, and never flinched or retreated in the face of trouble. He had even rescued Yue Chenghua on the bank of Tangra Yumco.
Just by seeing Fei Lezhi and the others bowing their heads to him and being sincerely convinced, one could tell that Wei Xun was not the kind of tourist who kept to himself and couldnât bear working with other tourists. However, he was the type of person who was naturally very charismatic. It was like he could naturally adapt to the tour group environment.
It was not a problem of Wei Xun himself, it was just that the tourists who joined him were too weak and inappropriate.
If they were forced to follow Wei Xunâs footsteps, they would encounter even greater danger, which would not be good for anyone. This was why Wei Xun handed the Tour Guideâs Brooch to Jiang Hongguang and left by himself. In fact, from an objective perspective, it could be said to be the best choice.
Wei Xun left, and there were just nine people in the tour group heading to the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom. The distribution was three, three, and three from each family. With this, the forces within the tour group were balanced again. Not counting Wei Xun, Jiang Hongguangâs small team was the strongest, and he and the tourists in the other three-person group were also acquaintances who had worked with each other before. So, they could cooperate better and everyone would be more convinced of Jiang Hongguang leading the tour group.
Furthermore, the tour guide and leader of this tour group had both left, and the remaining members of the tour group couldnât tolerate any more internal conflict. The experienced tourists understood that it was meaningless to continue the chaos. It could be said that Wei Xunâs departure not only liberated himself, but also quickly ended the disputes within the team.
Moreover, the newcomer scout felt that Wei Xun, who went to the ruins first, would probably deal with the dangers that the tour group might encounter on the mountain road ahead of time.
In this way, the tour partyâs journey to the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom would be safer.
Wei Xunâs goal was not to subdue everyone in the tour group, nor to convince anyone. His goal was far greater than that. It could be said that he held his head in contempt towards this tour group.
This included Yue Chenghua, who had evil thoughts, IV-1, and the others. None of these people saw eye to eye with him.
âWei Xun is a newcomer tourist with extraordinary qualifications and exceptional ability. We must recruit him as soon as possible, or he will be taken first by other tour parties.â
Usually, he would only consider writing a newcomer a recommendation letter after the newcomer had visited the second or sometimes even third scenic spot. But now, Wei Xun had not even reached the first scenic spot before the newcomer scout sent the recommendation letter to the upper levels of the Crimson tour party. He had a hunch that if the newcomer scouts of the other big tour parties were not blind, they would definitely send letters to their upper management too.
This Wei Xun was completely unlike a newcomer tourist, and acted like a seasoned, mature, and powerful tourist! If they recruited him, they could take him on a Dangerous-level or even Extremely Dangerous-level tour without too much training! And the newcomer scout had a hunch that Wei Xun might be one of those rare, phenomenal newcomer tourists, just like An Xuefeng, Yu Hehui, and the captain of their Feihong tour party, Cheng Qile.
âBe careful, Wei Xun.â
After sending out the recommendation letter, the newcomer scout turned his attention to the livestream. He clicked on the tour guide section of the screen and saw that IV-1 had spent a lot of money to buy cattle and sheep from Wenbunan Village. Shaking his head, the newcomer scout thought about how the skull and corpse were both in Wei Xunâs hands, so even if IV-1 really attracted the aquatic reptile again, it would be a waste of effort.
Furthermore, the aquatic reptile had just been tortured by Wei Xun last night, so it must be full of hatred for human beings, especially for humans that shone a strong flashlight on it. And that flashlight was now in Yue Chenghuaâs hands. IV-1 would suffer a big loss after summoning the aquatic reptile with such a lavish sacrifice and lugging Yue Chenghua by his side.
Obviously, IV-1 could never suppress Wei Xun, let alone control him and kill him. It was almost as if IV-1âs every move was under Wei Xunâs control. The livestream could be watched by everyone, not only the tourists, but also those in the tour guide alliances. They would not let such a talented newcomer leave the tour so smoothly.
âIt is recommended that we head to the ending location of the tour, to pick Wei Xun up in advance to guard against the tour guide alliances.â
The newcomer scouts of several large tour parties expressed similar intentions using different words. Of course, their large tour parties had their own methods of invading a tour. Going to the end location of the tour to pick Wei Xun up not only showed how important they thought Wei Xun was, but it could also well prevent the tour guide alliances from doing something. As for whether several large tour parties would suffer a disastrous defeat after they all sent people to wait at the end location of the tour, it was none of their business.
âKill Wei Xun.â
At the same time, people from the major tour guide alliances were also paying attention to this livestream.
âKill him, or control him. Anyway, we canât let him exit the tour safe and sound.â
A woman with a curvy figure in a purple cloak leaned lazily on the sofa. Surrounding her were beautiful women serving her while dressed in various professionsâ uniforms. Some peeled her grapes, some fed her fruit using their mouths, and some massaged her legs. Some even laid on the carpet, using their bodies to serve as footstools.
But although all these women were beautiful, if one looked closely, you would find that their eyes were gray and dim.
âTrash IV-1, useless thing, if the Slaughterer Alliance wants to recruit him, then let them recruit him.â
The woman was fed a few grapes, and she was even more overjoyed when she saw the screen of the livestream room.
âThatâs all? Is that all IV-1 can do? He has really amused this old lady. This is even funnier than the Spring Festival Galaâs skit!â
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IV-1 couldnât hold back his excitement when he reached Tangra Yumco. He was looking forward to what would happen next. The skinned and decapitated cattle and sheep were piled up by the lake. Sheng Zhengqing and the others had forcibly been fed fish in the morning. At this moment, just as Yue Chenghua said, they could not control themselves. They climbed to the lakeside to drink the lake water and wash their stomachs clean. Now, they were all lifelessly lying on the shore.
On the other hand, because Yue Chenghua had been âsacrificedâ yesterday, even though he ate fish today, nothing happened to him. He was still in control of his body. Therefore, he was temporarily allowed to stand beside IV-1.
After all, these four people were easy to use. They were the most suitable candidates for IV-1 to control the tour party, so it would be a pity if they were all wiped out here.
Now, the human and animal sacrifices were ready, and the sky was still gloomy and terrifying. Everything was ready, and they were only waiting for the last step for their plan to succeed. Amid IV-1âs anticipation, a black line split apart the waves of water in the lake, emerging from the center of the lake and moving towards the shore.
When most of its body emerged from the lake, IV-1 found that the black line that had been exposed to their eyes before was just its dorsal fin. What was swimming in the lake was a strange black and white fish, and there were four pale lizard-like, flesh-scaled shark claws under its belly that were also moving in the water. However, what puzzled IV-1 most was how the front half of this strange fish was actually covered with terrifying wounds all around its body. It seemed that the wounds were still fresh.
Could it be that there were terrifying creatures at the bottom of the lake that could fight the giant fish? And, was this the âDragon Godâ mentioned by the descendant of the eagle flutist?
IV-1 was in a suspicious and uneasy mood, and only felt temporarily relieved after half of the body of the giant fish crawled to the shore and began to devour the cattle and sheep sacrifices. IV-1 had forcibly bought many cattle and sheep grazing in the fields at Wenbunan Village, and dozens of strong sheep were piled up like hills on the shore. However, the appetite of this giant fish was like a bottomless pit as it swallowed every mountain of meat.
This incident caused IV-1 to think about the descendant of the eagle flutistâs words. He said that if the Dragon God was satisfied with the sacrifice, it would take the initiative to return the greatest king of Xiangxiong. Therefore, IV-1 thought that it might be that after the fish had eaten too much, it would vomit the sacrifice out? After all, the descendant of the eagle flutist said that âthe greatest Xiangxiong king would return from the belly of the Dragon God in the underworld.â That implied that the corpse of the king of Xiangxiong should be in the belly of the aquatic reptile, but how could a fish have any IQ, and how could it take the initiative to give a human something?
Many religious legends were deified and exaggerated. IV-1 scoffed at the thought, and only hoped that this silly fish would vomit the corpse out sooner. IV-1 was indifferent to the fact that it would devour the desperate Sheng Zhengqing and the others. If the aquatic reptile was not satisfied with all the sacrifices in the end, he would not hesitate to throw Yue Chenghua away.
Yue Chenghua was naturally aware of this. He hated Wei Xun very much, but now that Wei Xun was no longer around, he hated IV-1 even more. Yue Chenghua grasped onto the flashlight in his hands tightly. Now, he wasnât so resistant to Wei Xunâs order that much and instead, he felt a twisted pleasure in his heart. Once IV-1 really took action against him, he would definitely show IV-1 his true colors!
Fortunately, after swallowing the last pile of beef and mutton, the aquatic reptile truly opened its huge mouth and began to spit out black water, like it was retching. IV-1 was so excited that he endured the strong fishy smell and took a few steps forward, looking forward to seeing the corpse.
However, his expectations were all shattered! This was because the aquatic reptile only vomited a few mouthfuls of black water, and IV-1 did not even see the shadow of a corpse. The aquatic reptile even stepped into the lake again and prepared to leave!
Could it be that this wasnât the real Dragon God? This creature had come to eat a free meal?!
âWhere are you going!â
IV-1 was so furious that he felt like he was about to die from anger, and smoke was leaking out from his seven orifices. His expression contorted as the tame head behind his back shed blood and tears. Countless poisonous water snakes swam into the lake, but the strange fish was not afraid of resentment or snake bites. IV-1, who was controlling the tame head, looked at the strange black and white devil and Buddha carvings on the strange fish, and his eyes stung.
It was definitely something precious.
IV-1 was not reconciled, so he grabbed Yue Chenghua and was about to rush to the lake. He thought that the strange fish might be leaving because it didnât eat enough sacrifices. IV-1 had to force it to stay ashore!
Otherwise, the effort he put in today would be completely wasted. On top of everything, he lost a lot of people!
âGuide IV, let me help you!â
Yue Chenghua, who was caught by IV-1, didnât seem to be aware of his vicious thoughts, and rushed to the lake. At the same time, he turned on the flashlight, and the bright white light directly shone on the strange fish.
âIt only dares to appear when itâs dark, so it is definitely afraid of light!â
âIdiot!â
IV-1 slapped Yue Chenghua so hard that he flew away. Yes, IV-1 also thought that the strange fish was afraid of light. Hence, wouldnât it run away quickly when a strong light shone on it! IV-1 was still angry and kicked Yue Chenghua into the lake. The bright flashlight was waterproof, and it still let out a strong beam of light underwater. IV-1 hurriedly picked up the flashlight and was about to turn it off. But at this moment, a gust of cold and damp air with a strong fishy scent suddenly hit him.
The aquatic reptile that had retreated and turned around had come back! At this moment, it opened its mouth wide, right in front of IV-1. The aquatic reptile was extremely large, and its body appeared slightly flat when it surfaced from the water. It looked more like a lizard, but when its mouth was open, the insides appeared like an abyss. Yue Chenghua, who fell into the water, was directly swallowed by it like he was a strand of noodles.
A large amount of black water gushed out from the giant mouth of the aquatic reptile. At the same time, a flow of air surged from its abdominal cavity, and it started crying. Its cries sounded like a babyâs wails.
âUwaââuwaâââ
The voice was so shrill and sharp that IV-1 had goosebumps all over his back, but he was very excited. Could it be that Yue Chenghuaâs random guess had been correct? Was this aquatic reptile really afraid of light, to the point that it couldnât tell where the bottom of the lake and the shore were? That was why it had turned around and returned, right?
IV-1 repeated what Yue Chenghua did. He took a flashlight and pointed it into the giant mouth of the aquatic reptile, only to hear the wailing sound grow increasingly shrill, and more and more dirty black water poured out of the giant fishâs mouth. In addition to the strong fishy smell, there was also an extremely unpleasant scent of decay that could render one dizzy.
IV-1 was âsmokedâ by the smell so much that he was suffocating, but he decided to carry on and did not leave. This was because at the other end of the strong light, deep in the throat of the aquatic reptile, a dark, round thing could be seen. But due to the gushing black water, it was violently washed away, floating outside.
Could that be the skeleton of the king of Xiangxiong? No, it seemed that there was only a head?
IV-1 tried his best to see if the round thing was attached to a body. He walked a few steps closer, until the lake water reached his thighs. He also saw clearly that the dark round thing was a black skull. It was just that there was a faint emerald green light emitting from it, as if it was inlaid with jade. The color was so rich that it reflected the black water inside of the fishâs mouth.
At this time, IV-1 was so close to the aquatic reptile that he could almost reach out and touch its lips. As long as the skull floated closer, he could reach out his hands and take it.
âAchoo!â
At this moment, IV-1 suddenly sneezed. His face was tingling and itchy, but he had been too focused just now and didnât care. Now, he suddenly felt that the tingling was unbearable. He couldnât help raising his hand to touch his face, but found that it had swelled up at some point, and his face seemed to be full of oozing pus, which was extremely itchy.
IV-1 felt that something was wrong, and he subconsciously took his hand back, but he couldnât control his strength and rubbed his skin quite hard.